Inject USB3 & LAN drivers for Windows 7 MDT Deployment.

Introduction

I recently purchased HP ProDesk Mini PC's and ran into problems imaging using MDT due to USB 3 and Network Drivers issues, which caused to keyboard or mouse access during initial MDT screen and later in Windows 7. In this How-to I will try and explain how I manged to come up with a solution to solve the problem.

Steps
(2 total)

1

ADD USB 3 drivers to WDS Boot Image

- Download USB 3 drivers from manufacturer of your PC/Laptop and extract to a folder which can be access by Windows Deployment Services.

- Launch Windows Deployment Services

- Right click Drivers in WDS and Add Driver Package (Optional create a driver group if you have multiple machine types) and point to the USB 3 drivers folder.

- Under boot images, right click your boot image and select "add driver packages to image" and add the USB3 drivers which we imported in previous steps.

2

ADD USB 3 and LAN drivers to Windows 7 Install.WIM

Using DISM you can slip stream the Drivers into the Windows 7 Install.wim

Download the USB 3 and LAN drivers from the manufacturers website for your PC/Laptop of choice.

The American scientist Paul Ehrlich once said, "To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer." At risk of hyperbole, it is my humble opinion that a greater truth has never been uttered.